• Japan’s unemployment rate declines to 3.2% in January

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1 March 2016

Japan’s unemployment rate declines to 3.2% in January

Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released its unemployment rate on late Monday evening. Unemployment rate in Japan fell to 3.2% in January from 3.3% in December. Analysts had expected the unemployment rate to remain unchanged.

The number of unemployed persons fell by 200,000 in January to 2.11 million from a year ago.

The number of employed persons rose by 900,000 in December to 63.99 million from a year ago.

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